Beasley’s Agenda Languishing In Legislature In 1996
Governor Beasley spent early 1996 recruiting industry while the Legislature, led by Republicans, slowed his priorities. House members trimmed gas tax funding for road-building and balked at $100 million borrowing for school buses, though they backed tax cuts and education programs. Beasley remains optimistic, citing two months left to push objectives as Hodges calls disengagement and Wilkins notes less hands on leadership this year.
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Columbia
David Beasley
House
Beasley
Jim
David Wilkins
Greenville
Wilkins
Beasley and Condon Seek Tougher Violence Measures in SC
Governor Beasley and Attorney General Condon outlined plans to expand federal funding and training for law enforcement, a statewide rape crisis and domestic violence shelter assessment, and stronger prosecutions. They urged a comprehensive community response to curb domestic violence, noting current laws and proposing felonies for repeat offenses and protections against dropping charges.
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Columbia
South Carolina
David Beasley
Beasley
Charlie Condon
Condon
Lexington
Richland
Fugitive Caught After More Than Two Years of Freedom
Morgan City police and state troopers arrested escaped convict Samuel Leroy Wodke, 51, asleep in a hotel apartment room at 3:15 a.m. He used the alias Michael G. Almon before surrendering at St. Mary Parish jail. Wodke was serving life plus 25 years for the 1986 murder of a state constable and had escaped Kirkland Correctional Institution in January 1994 via a tunnel and boiler room entry.
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Morgan City
South Carolina
Samuel Leroy Wodke
State
Jon Fusilier
Wodke
Michael G. Almon
Indiana
Florida
St. Mary Parish
Fusilier
Danny Lail
Kirkland Correctional Institution
Columbia
S.C
Anderson chase ends with truck fire and trooper save
In Anderson County a high speed chase led to a pickup wreck and flames. Trooper Steve Sullivan praised a trooper for possibly saving the driver. Carroll S. Lowell, unknown, faces multiple charges including failure to stop for a police vehicle and DUI.
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Anderson
S.C
Anderson County
Highway Patrol
Steve Sullivan
Carroll
Lowell
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